Research

Publications and Preprints

• Flattening and asymptotic orthogonalization of completely positive maps. (2026) arXiv:2608.14487.
• On the operator norm of the self-adjoint main character of finitely generated discrete quantum groups. with Sang-Gyun Youn. J. Korean Math. Soc. (2025).

Invited Talks

• [Nov 03, 2026] Berkeley Operator Algebras Seminar. University of California, Berkeley. TBA.
• [Sep 23, 2026] SNU Operator Seminar. Seoul National University. TBA.
• [Jul 25, 2025] APP Seminar, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS),  Free Probability in Operator Algebras.

Contributed Talks

• [Jul 10, 2025] The CJK Conference on Functional Analysis 2025, Seoul National University, Probabilistic approaches to von Neumann algebras generated by discrete (quantum) groups.

• [Mar 27, 2025] Non-commutative probability, random matrices, and Lévy processes. Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM). An analytic characterization of freeness for finitely generated discrete quantum groups. 

Attended Events

• [Aug 2026] St John's College, Oxford University. YMC*A: Young Mathematicians in C*-algebras.
• [Jun 2026] Michigan State University. GOALS: Groundwork for operator algebras lecture series.
• [Jun 2025] Saarland University. Conference on free probability on the occasion of Roland Speicher's 65th birthday.
• [Jun 2025] University of Waterloo. Operator algebras and quantum information.
• [Apr 2025] Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). 2025 KMS Spring Meeting.
• [Mar 2025] The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM). Non-commutative probability, random matrices, and Lévy process.
• [Feb 2025] Research Visit to Kyoto University (host: Benoît Collins).
• [Jul 2024] CIRM. Random quantum channels: entanglement and entropies.
• [Jun 2024] Université de Toulouse III. Summer School EUR MINT 2024: Random Matrices and Free Probability.